Author: Margrethe Aas Stenby

Yesterday it was announced that Kofax has acquired Nuance Document Imaging division. Kofax is a leading supplier of Intelligent Automation software to automate and digitally transform end-to-end business processes. In their announcement Kofax says: “Through the acquisition of Nuance’s document imaging division, Kofax will drive customer value by adding key technologies, including cloud compatibility, scan-to-archive, scan-to-workflow, print management and document security, to our end-to-end Intelligent Automation platform,” said Reynolds C. Bish, Chief Executive Officer of Kofax. “In addition we will now be able to combine the best capture and print management capabilities available in the market into one product portfolio.” We are excited to cooperate with Kofax and look forward to 2019!

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We always offer our resellers and customers NFR- or demo licenses, so that they can try and familiarise themselves with our solutions.

NFR licenses are reserved for resellers and partners. They contain all the necessary functionality and are perfect for showrooms. Here we are able to set up different workflows and configure them after desire.

Demo licenses are mainly used for customers who want to test a solution before purchasing, or even in a “Proof of Concept” installation. The licenses have a short-term validity, usually between 30 and 60 days, but with full functionality.

Send an email to support@bestofbreed.no or contact us through one of our contact forms here on the web. Let us know which solutions you are interested in and we will help you get started.

After launching Best of Breed Oy in February, we have recieved good response from the market. Thursday the 3rd of May we arranged our first Partner Event in Finland at Clarion Hotel Helsinki Airport together with one of our suppliers, Nuance. The main topics of the event were security and document flow, where we focused on Equitrac, Capture&Retrieve and Output Manager. With almost 30 participants from 16 different companies, we are very pleased with the attendance and the good feedback we got during the event and the days after.

We would like to thank everyone that attended the event and look forward to the future!

New Features:

Scan to Cloud Storage: PaperCut MF’s Integrated Scanning solution now provides a secure and effortless way to get documents to the cloud. A growing number of cloud storage providers, including Google Drive, DropBox (personal), OneDrive (Personal), OneDrive for Business, are available in PaperCut MF. It’s secure and easy to set up, and seamlessly integrates with the overall PaperCut MF experience.Note: Scan to Cloud Storage is available on all Integrated Scanning-enabled devices. However, an active Premium Upgrade Assurance (PUA) subscription is required to use this feature.

End-to-end encryption of print jobs: PaperCut MF now supports end-to-end encryption of print jobs from the user’s computer to the printer. The link between the print server and printer can now be encrypted using IPPS, and an IPPS printer can be configured as a Find Me destination queue.

Azure AD user and group sync: Added support for Azure AD Secure LDAP as a new Sync Source option in the Options > User/Group Sync page, when Azure AD Domain Services is enabled.

Enhancements:

GDPR print management, data privacy, and security compliance: To assist with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation “Right to be Forgotten”:

The Privacy Option (“Remove document information from the Job Log after”) to redact potentially sensitive data elements from the Job Logs page, has been enhanced to redact additional attributes of the print jobs (file size, user client details, comments, watermarks, and digital signature). Additionally, the timestamp can also be redacted.

The server command “permanently-redact-user-data” has been enhanced to redact the file size, user client details, comments, watermarks, and digital signature of print jobs from the Job Logs page.

Job Ticketing:

Added a new config key to customize the name of the Print Rooms / FabLabs tab in the User web interface (user.job-ticketing.override-button-display-name).
The System Health interface now includes endpoints to monitor the status of Job Ticketing.

Global Print Driver (version 100.1.0): The driver’s page output order is now “front to back”. **

With the Independent Cloud Platform (ICP), you now get secure printing and mobile printing as a true Software-as-a-Service. This means; pay as you go, scalability and multi tenancy. The customer’s traditional print infrastructure is being replaced with a cloud service and the need for print servers is eliminated.

Through innovative container technology, ICP can easily be customised to any organisation. It can either run exclusively as a cloud service, a hybrid or be implemented locally in the customer’s network.

Did we mention that the platform is completely independent?
Like all our solutions, ICP is independently delivered through us and is adapted to the customer’s environment.

There are several exciting features waiting and we look forward to launching these on a continuous basis.

Tuesday 24th of April and Wednesday 25th of April at 13:00 we will arrange a 30 minute webinar in Norway (24/04) and Finland (25/04). Here we will share more information about the service, pricing structure and opportunities.